Lots of mods are necessary for this conversion...far too many to name just here..but lets begin with the hull. I had to remove all the detail of the iron gunnel and monkey rail/channel and then build up the gunnel to provide adequate height. I laid new planking on the junction to the wood siding at the plank sheer. Then the ornimental cheeks and anchor chain port needed to be altered and removed to its new location. The CS allows the jib boom to rest above the rail and against the knightshead where as the Glory of the Seas the bowsprit and gib boom are under the rail head.

Here are some images of the conversion beginnings..first the Cutty side as it is molded in the Revell kit.

Some more mods and corrections on the Glory of the Seas. I had to rethink and redo the copper on the addon of the bow (I had to remove some of the lines that the old bow showed through the copper)and I added some more detail along the gunwall.

Another angle...I found this really cool paint that looks just like the old oxidized copper/munx plates after they are in salt water......:) After I finish steaming the rail and install it, I will paint the sheathing.

Thanks Steve...this conversion is very extensive.....American clippers are not built like their British counterparts. I had to utilize all my resources to make the conversion as accurate at possible. Since Tacoma/Seattle was her last home..I dug up some old images from the University and local historians....plus my own extensive library had several out of circulation images I found very helpful.

I used self adhesive copper tape...and I will be painting the copper with a brilliant oxide metallic paint. I use flat black from Ace.....their brand is quite black and very flat....and inexpensive too.

Glory of the Seas...NOT the Cutty Sark any longer. I have changed the rake of the bow(coppered it), reconfigured the length of the cheek beek, added new bowsprit and jib boom, added gunwall framing...entended the entire hight of the gunwall....and added the planksheer around the hull........sweeewww.

Finished adding the teak rail and finished staining it as well......now I am going through my vaneer collection looking for the right material for the forcasle deck and the poop deck. I found some nice thin sheets of maple...bout 3.5" wide by less then a milometer thick...I'll frame in the decks first.

I also modified the CS rudder..added material to make it look like Glory's rudder and coppered , painted and installed it. Fun fun fun..